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Leviticus 21:4

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But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

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  1. Leviticus 21:2

    But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,

  2. Leviticus 21:3

    And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

  3. Leviticus 21:5

    They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.

  4. Leviticus 21:6

    They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.